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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My gut reaction is that this new height (low?) in judicial informality goes beyond readability and risks trivializing the authority of courts and the rule of law. But I'm an old fart and could be persuaded otherwise. The excerpts below don't do it justice. cases.justia.com/federal/appe...

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

How do you defeat a president who’s trying to sabotage the midterms? 1. Use drop boxes. 2. Vote EARLY in person. 3. If mailing in your ballot, put it in the mail AT LEAST two weeks before Election Day. 4. Vote in person on Election Day. 5. Share these instructions with everyone you know.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Thread. I’m an ex-carrier sailor (nuclear engineer and underway OOD). What Trump is proposing is just nuts.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Long ago I was an aircraft carrier nuclear-engineering officer — and I "owned" the engineering systems that powered the ship's steam-powered catapults. (I was the "Div-O" for "A-Gang.") Trump is overruling people who actually know WTF they're talking about. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...

wsj.com

Exclusive | Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions

The Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Constitutional originalism is akin to a ship's skipper who slavishly follows an ancient harbor chart — which is a really good way to run the ship aground. (The U.S. Navy is notoriously unsympathetic to skippers who do that.)

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Some Senate-procedure suggestions, e.g.: 1. on _procedural matters (e.g., ending debate), senators' votes get weighted by their state populations. 2. House bills automatically approved if not vetoed by vote of X senators w/in Y days. (Confirmations too?) Doable under const. rulemaking power.

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FED UP! @val.sheshed.rocks · 30/07/2026

My man! You go ahead on with your bad self, Dr. Fauci! Sane Americans know you have worked your entire life saving as many lives as you possibly could. I’m raising my fist for you like the protesters did at the end of the movie, Billy Jack! ✊🏻😭✊🏽😭✊🏿 #Pinks #SheShed #DrAnthonyFauci #Legend #Hero

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

In praise of Scandinavia's risky and dirty playgrounds. My Charlemagne this week on how kids benefit from the odd bruise and bump - as Nordic countries still realise. Those sanitised, rubbery playgrounds you now see everywhere rob children of thrills and learning. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

economist.com

In praise of Scandinavia’s risky and dirty playgrounds

Kids stand to gain from a few bumps, bruises and mud-splatters

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This interview with HRC was really fascinating, in that it was the first time I've heard her defend the "basket of deplorables" remark, agree with Trump's '25 air raid on Iran, and absolutely *crucify* Joe Biden for running for re-election. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

newyorker.com

Hillary Rodham Clinton Slams Joe Biden’s “Terrible Mistake”—and More

The retired politician speaks frankly about the Democratic Party, the threat of Trumpian authoritarianism, and the “failure” in Iran.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Nice little election system you’ve got there, states — be a shame if something happened to it …. (But, but, the Constitution, federalism … I guess that’s for our rulers, not for us.)

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com

Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls

“You are going to make a decision that people cannot vote by mail. That’s unacceptable," one senator told the postmaster general.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/06/2026

"Vance got to the point. They needed to invoke the Insurrection Act, swiftly, to crush the unrest in Minnesota. It would be painful in the short term, he said, but the message it would send — that paid agitators can't get away with disrupting ICE operations — would make sure no one tried it again."

nytimes.com

Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right

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uosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Something I always used to say: Conservatives hate liberals. It’s the main thing that motivates them. Liberals, historically, do not hate conservatives. They’re not really given to hating anyone. They’re aware that conservatives hate them. They’re confused by it.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Morgan Lewis lawyers on AI-related provisions increasingly found in outsourcing contracts. E.g., "• Human oversight requirements for critical decisions • ... audit, and monitoring ... • Incident response and remediation ... • Insurance coverage ... • Indemnities ..." www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ai...

jdsupra.com

AI & Outsourcing Series: AI Changes the Terms—Rethinking Outsourcing Deals | JD Supra

In the first post in our AI & Outsourcing series, we observed how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the outsourcing industry in ways that...

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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Nothing to see here, move along.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

5/ defense atty parente speaking to the judge

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Robert Kagan:* "On the present trajectory, Iran will emerge from the conflict many times stronger and more influential than it was before the war." * Absolutely no one's idea of a bleeding-heart liberal www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

theatlantic.com

Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender

He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Donald Trump's billion dollar slush fund is the latest in a long line of impeachable offenses. He's using government resources and taxpayer money to help insurrectionists and protect people in his circles from accountability—and it's blatantly unconstitutional. It's time for impeachment.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Happy “Last Time I Watch CBS Day” to those who celebrate.

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 21/05/2026

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Eligible to be paid with your money after storming the Capitol and breaking into Nancy Pelosi’s office.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

How many millions of our tax dollars are they going to be paid for refusing to show up for a deposition?

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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Start calling it the bunker, not the ballroom

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Seems right — but let’s stick with the Gospel messages to love our enemies, that we all [foul] up sometimes, and that no one is irredeemable.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Trump plans to shower money on the Americans with a known proclivity for committing violence on his behalf, while building a $1 billion bunker under the White House grounds that will be ready in the fall of 2028 I wonder what's up with that?

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Use the map in Virginia. Then, if you get control of Congress, be ruthless. Block everything. Do impeachments. Run investigations. Then in 2029, expand the Supreme Court, make DC a state, expand the House.

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Scott @scottglewis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Anyone who grew up watching the Twilight Zone can absolutely see that this is him. A child with too much power.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"There’s not a syllable in the Constitution that limits the tools to use in that fight. Color-Blindness as a legal limit is a judicial invention." Color-blindness focuses on the freeze-frame of today and not on the movie — centuries of enslavement, the Redemption, Jim Crow, and now Redemption 2.0.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Why don't surgeons simply disclose the price of a procedure beforehand? A commenter at MR offers one answer.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A sizeable group of voters simply want an asshole as President. There is no point in trying to cater to them, you can either ignore them or discourage them from voting. Every effort to get their vote by adopting asshole-ish policies is a waste, they want the real thing.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Every state advancing racially discriminatory redistricting plans under Callais should lose its congressional representation, per the 14th Amendment's apportionment clause.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Everything is “rigged” against him. Everything. He is the absolute biggest fucking crybaby who’s ever lived.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We should be learning from other countries...

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

If we make it a severance package, I’d be on board.

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Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We have developed AGI.

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The Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

So it turns out paying people a living wage doesn’t collapse the economy; it’s almost like the rich have been lying to us to maintain their power over our lives.

capitalandmain.com

Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs

UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

The 28th Virginia battle flag is a Confederate battle flag that belonged to the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Captured by the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg, the flag was brought to Minnesota and exhibited at the state's capitol for several years before passing into the permanent collection of the Minnesota Historical Society after 1896 where it has remained since.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The two modes of MAGA media: cry victim or claim victory

Jack Poso
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America just won WW3! Thank you, President Trump!

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 07/04/2026

Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.

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Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die’ if Iran doesn’t make a deal
The president had issued a deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern time for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz, pledging destruction by midnight if leaders don’t comply.

April 7, 2026 at 9:22 a.m. EDT26 minutes ago
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Anyone who contributed to this event - the politicians and journalists who normalised him or submitted to his narratives, around the world - should hang their fucking heads in shame. They've put us in the most dangerous geopolitical situation for a generation and left a people at risk of genocide.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It is not possible for Trump to do most of this madness without the cheerleading and/or acquiescence of Republicans in Congress. We must vote as many of them out of office as we can. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If you’ve never called your congressional reps before, do it right now.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

8/x this, to me, is even more detrimental because campaigns end up trying to message to a small sliver of the electorate that is often completely incoherent while ignoring the more consistent demands of their reach or turnout universes, which are far more robust if they were listened to.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Re shadow budgets: The Brits have done it right for generations, with the minority party having a shadow government that's more or less ready to go.

drawing up a shadow budget: What would we spend $200 billion on, if we were in charge, to advance the country’s true interests? Restoring medical research funding? The health care Trump already took away? A clean energy and transportation program to insure against a lengthy oil shock?

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